Ironing-board



, (No Model.)

B. F. RING. IRONING BOARD.

Patented Oct. 31, 1893.

STATES ELIZA F. RING, or WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 507,847, dated October 31, 1893. Application filed January 23, 1893- Serial No. 459,325. (No model.)

To all whom it "may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZA F. RING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westfield, in thecounty of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved ironing stand especially available for employment by dressmakers.

The purpose of the invention is to devise an ironing stand,which may be readily used either upon the lap or upon a table or other support,which comprises, as a part thereof, an ironing board having a Wide ironing surface and a narrower ironing surface, one thereof being intended especially for use in pressing waists, for instance, while the other has more especial utility in pressing sleeves.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the apparatus having the ironing board with its narrow ironing surface uppermost. Fig.2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross sec tion taken about on the vertical plane indicated by line 3-3, this view, however, showing the ironing board in its other position.

In the drawings A represents a base board of suitable length, width, and form, on which are the uprights, B, B.

0 represents the ironing board, proper, which is of suitable length and width, and preferably tapered and provided with the edge flange, C the surface of which is preferably more or less crowning or rounded. The ironing board has the ear-lugs or hangers, o, a, secured to the under or inner side thereof whereby it receives a pivotal or swiveling support upon the base through means of the pivot-rod, b, which passes through the uprights and ear-lugs. Of course separate pivots might be employed, but this single rod extended between both points of pivotal support, constitutes an element for imparting rigidity to the device to brace it as a whole. One of the ear-lugs, a, has the extension, (1, beyond its pivot-point, the same having at its edge an are generated from the pivot, and this arc formed extension has two catchnotches, f, f, therein; and I provide a snap or catch device which is adapted to engage the one or the other of said notches and hold the board with its wide or narrower side uppermost, as desired.

The particular kind of catch which is shown (but which might nevertheless be substituted by one of another detail construction), consists of the bar, g,which has its one end pivotally connected to one of the uprights, B,

the other end of this bar extending through the aperture, 1', in the other upright, and a spring, h, for holding the bar normally in its engagement with the notched arc-extension. The end, g, of the bar is so formed and extended as to constitute a convenient handle for disengaging the catch.

It will be noticed that the ironing board, 0, and its flange C have considerable length of overhang beyond the points of their pivotal support so that any portion of a garment which is in a manner tubular may be brought to readily encircle the ironing board without interference by the parts which constitute the medium of said pivotal support. It is plain that if a sleeve is to be pressed the ironing board will be swung into the position seen in Figs. 1 and 2, while if the article is a waist, or other part to have awide bearing support, the board will be maintained in the position seen in Fig. 3.

The ironing board may have its ironing surface covered with cloth or felt, as usual.

The base-board has, at its rear end, the rearwardly extended U-formed strip, J, of thin metal which constitutes a flat-iron rest, and the spring-finger, K, supported on the under side of the ironing board conveniently serves as a receiver for the quilted or textile iron-holder. The narrower ironing side of the ironing board may be directly formed by the edge portion of the board, 0, which may be wide enough for this purpose without the flange, C

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. The combination with a base-board, having the uprights secured thereto, of a board having the wide and narrower ironing surfaces and provided with ear-lugs pivotally connected to said standards, and onethereof a catclrbar pivoted to one of said uprights and having its other extremity movably guided on the other of said uprights and adapted to engage one or the other of said catchnotches, and the spring applied to the catchbur, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ELIZA F. RING.

Witnesses:

W. S. BELLoWs, J. D. GARFIELD. 

